Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

3 reviews

melovesbooks's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Had to read it for school

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Misogyny, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Medical content, Dementia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Vomit, and Animal cruelty

thebookfetishist's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Hated the portrayal of women (served only the men, didn't have personalities on their own) I know, that no female character could be considered a main character in this particular book, but come on, there are authors out there, that can still give their side (female) characters/less important (female!) characters a way better fleshed out personality compared to whatever this was. Also, hated the frequently occurring overly sexualised descriptions of women. 
Crime mystery was pretty average, not much tension going on towards middle/end part of the book, although I have to give it to the author, the beginning did confuse me quite a bit and made me curious. Unfortunately, he failed to keep the tension through the entire book, so it ended up falling kinda flat for me. 
The writing style was most of the time very beautiful, some very nice descriptions and metaphors going on. Additionally, I was able to learn quite a lot of Southern Slang and generally some new words I haven't heard about before, as someone who isn't a native English speaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Bullying

Moderate: Dementia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

evax89's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse